Robert F. Hicks is a licenced psychologist holding an appointment as Clinical Professor of Organizational Behaviour in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas, Dallas (TX, USA). This book arose from his experience over three decades of teaching leadership and coaching skills to doctors and senior executives in health systems. The basic premise of this guide is that leadership an...

The second of my three small/short books on leadership is How to Choose a Leadership Pattern by Robert Tannenbaum and Warren H Smith and published by Harvard Business Press. This book is part of the Harvard Business Review Class series. Tannenbaum and Smith set the tone of this book by briefly exploring some of the history of leadership styles. From the authoritative style of years ago to the n...

leadership is in fact a process of influencing followers. characteristics of leadership are functions of time and situation and differ in different cultures and countries. managers of international organizations should obtain enough knowledge of these cultural characteristics and differences and should have the utmost versatility while executing their leadership tasks. in this paper we have con...

The purpose of this study was to identify potential opportunities for improving member participation in community-based coalitions. We hypothesized that opportunities for influence and process competence would each foster higher levels of individual member participation. We tested these hypotheses in a sample of 818 members within 79 youth-oriented coalitions. Opportunities for influence were m...

This study was undertaken to discover working public thoughts about roles of United States women in leadership positions and to test the relationship between managerial leadership styles and organizational effectiveness. A survey of perceptions of leadership roles and effectiveness distributed 700 randomly selected entities from industries in the United States. Findings suggest approximately 50...

INTRODUCTION Today's physicians must demonstrate both professionalism and leadership skills in order to succeed in largely team-based healthcare environments. The purpose of this study was to determine if professionalism attributes, leadership style, and leadership style adaptability are associated with academic performance among first-year students early in their medical curriculum. MATERIAL...

an investigation of coaches' leadership styles and their effects on athletes' behaviors and incentives can help improve coach-athlete relationship and adopt better decisions and planning. this study aimed at investigating the relationship between coaches’ leadership styles and group cohesion in first division futsal league of mazandaran province. the statistical population consisted o...

Nowadays, organizations are active in dynamic environments filled with changes and transformation. The requirement for surviving in such a situation is to create continuous organizational changes and upheavals, whether in behavioral dimension or structural one. In these organizational changes and upheavals, leadership and management have a determining role. Therefore, the existence of Knowledge...